It’s day 2 of HomeStory Cup Stage 1 and the remaining groups are battling for their place in Stage 2. Yesterday’s winners were TaeJae and Sacsri from Group A, TY and TLO from Group B, MC and Bunny in Group C, and Snute and HusuObs in Group D. Today, Group’s D through H went head to head. As always, HomeStory uses a 1v1 single elimination group round to eliminate players in stages, with the first Ro32 stage including 8 groups of 4 players.

Group E

Flash

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Lee Young Ho “Flash” is a 22 year old Starcraft programmer from South Korea, known for being one of the most dominant players in the competition, especially in Brood Wars. While he’s only participated in 5 premier tournaments, he holds the highest KESPA record ever, and listed at the Most Valuable Player at the 2014 Proleague Finals. Flash won 2-0 against Socke and 2-1 against First playing Terran.

First

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Kang Hyun Woo “First” is a 22 year old professional Starcraft 2 Protoss player and former Brood War professional. He’s been participating in Starcraft 2 matches since 2012, and multiple second and third places, and one win. First won 2-0 against Ret in a Protoss-Zerg match, lost 1-2 against Flash in a Protoss-Terran match, and won 2-0 in a second match against Ret to get the second best out of five.

Group F

PartinG

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Won Lee Sak “PartinG” is a Protoss player from South Korea. At 20, PartinG has been competing professionally for 3 years, and has won 6 major tournaments and placed in multiple others. PartinG won 2-0 in a Protoss-Zerg match against Stephano, and 2-0 against YoDa in a Protoss-Terran match.

YoDa

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The 21 year old Choi Byun Hyung “YoDa” was one of the last two qualifiers for the day, but did manage to hold his own despite one loss. The South Korean Starcraft player has been competing since 2012 and won one major and one premier tournament in 2013. In HomeStory, he plays Terran where he won a match 2-0 against Grubby, who plays Protoss, lost 0-2 against PartinG, also on Protoss, and won 2-0 against Stephano playing Zerg.

Group G

KangHo

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Hwang Kang Ho is a 22 year old Zerg Starcraft 2 player from South Korea. While his track record is not exceptional, he has scored second and third place in multiple tournaments, and has one win. He also moved on to Stage 2 with 2 wins, 2-0 against DIMAGA in a Zerg-Zerg battle, and 2-0 against jjakji in a Zerg-Terran battle.

MaNa

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Grzegorz Komincz “MaNa” is a 20 year old Polish player focusing on Protoss. He’s been playing Starcraft sicne 2010, during which time he’s placed in 11 major tournaments and won 3. He started off the day with a 1-2 loss to jjakji in a Protoss-Terran battle, before winning 2-0 against DIMAGA in a Protoss-Zerg battle, and 2-1 in a second battle against jjakji.

Group H

HyuN

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Ko Seok Hyun “HyuN is a South Korean professional Starcraft II player sponsored by ROCCAT. He switched to Starcraft in 2011 after playing Brood War for several years, and at 26, is one of the oldest competitors in HomeStory Cup X. Hyun plays Zerg and won 2-1 against qxc who plays Terran, and Won 2-0 against Jaedong, who plays Zerg.

Jaedong

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Lee Jae Dong “JaeDong is a 24 year old Starcraft programmer from South Korea. He won four major tournaments in 2013, and has since placed 2nd and 3rd in multiple more. JaeDong plays Zerg and won 2-0 against Lilbow who plays Protoss, lost 0-2 against HyuN in a Zerg-Zerg match, and won 1-0 against qxc to move into Stage 2.

With Stage 1 over and the original 32 players narrowed down to just 16, things are heating up and we’re excited to see what Stage 2 brings.

Legacy of the Void – the purported conclusion to the StarCraft II series – has been highly anticipated for what feels like ages – but it’s been kept well and truly under wraps – until now! Finally, Blizzard Entertainment decided to make their announcement and give us some info – with lots of teasing hints and previews! Here’s what we’ve found out so far:

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The Story

The story is well thought out and engaging, with a rich, dynamic plot that draws you in, enhancing your gaming experience. You play as Hierarch Artanis, on a mission to retake your home world, Aiur. However, while you’re attempting to liberate Aiur from the clutches of the terrible zerg Swarm with your fearsome Golden Armada, you learn that there is a threat to not just Aiur, but the entire galaxy. Amon – an ancient evil – threatens the fate of every citizen and every world. Only you stand between the galaxy and this terrible fate. You must take on this quest if the galaxy has any hope of survival. You, Hierarch Artanis, must unite the protoss factions. Only in unity is there any hope of defeating the encroaching darkness and the evil of Amon. Can you be the formidable leader the protoss need?

Game Modes

For Legacy of the Void, you have three game modes, aside from the standard option:

Automated Tournaments

Everyday, players from all around the world, of all skill levels can come and test their nerve and their skills. Each day, at a specific time, tournaments are held, and you can put your mettle to the test and battle your opponents for uber dominance!

Archon Mode

Archon mode allows you and an ally to team up and work from a single base to do battle against two enemies. Join forces with a team mate and combine your skills to create a formidable force.

Allied Commanders

This mode is a slightly different take on the co-operative game play of Archon Mode. You team up with an ally and play open-ended co-operative style, with a diverse array of scenarios, complete with campaign-style objectives.

Check back for more updates and announcements regularly! We stay on top of all the industry news and announcements – so stay tuned!

In case you didn’t know Blizzcon is currently happening and that means some amazing Overwatch tournaments are going on. We have members of our partner teams, such as Splyce and Psistorm in attendance so overall we were pretty hyped. But now out of the the blue, Overwatch have gone and blown Twitter up with a new character reveal. Who is it…